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Lyndon Johnson: “At any given moment over the past two centuries, observers of American life were convinced that the United States was…”

On the recordMay 19, 1966
At any given moment over the past two centuries, observers of American life were convinced that the United States was about to come apart at the seams.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks by Telephone to the Convention of the United Automobile Workers.

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